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Cellphone encryption code cracked: eavesdroppers rejoice
I do so like that weird period between Christmas and New Year — 2009 still isn't through and we're already getting end-of-the-world stories. A 22-year-old algorithm that encrypts cellphone conversations has been cracked by a German computer scientist. Karsten Nohl claims that he, along with five other experts, recently broke the secret code that keeps cellphone calls private. Announcing the breakthrough at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Nohl ...
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